The AMWU National Secretary, Dave Oliver, is the chief representative for AMWU members at the national level, and is elected by the AMWU's members.
Dave has over 20 years experience representing working families with the AMWU, and was elected as National Secretary in June 2007.
"Our number one concern is to help working people make a decent living and secure a future for their families.
Today, manufacturing workers face issues at the local, state, national and global level - from health and safety issues in the workplace, to the decisions of multi-national companies in headquarters located all over the world.
The AMWU, through regular consultation with our members, and our membership of international trade union organisations is Australia's biggest and best union for manufacturing workers.
Everyone at the AMWU is committed to doing their best to secure a manufacturing industry in Australia that provides secure, skilled jobs with good pay and decent employment conditions."
- Dave Oliver
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AMWU National President, Paul Bastian, is a tireless campaigner against the asbestos industry and an advocate for asbestos victims.
He is a shipwright by trade and completed a Law Degree while studying part time at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Paul has been a trade union member since he was an apprentice and has been a trade union official with the AMWU since 1981.
He has worked throughout the manufacturing industry, in the construction, shipbuilding and metals industries, in both metropolitan and regional areas of the state.
He is a member of the NSW Manufacturing Council, the NSW Workers Compensation Advisory Council and an executive board member of APHEDA.
Paul has a long history of involvement with community and union campaigns against asbestos and in August 2008 he represented the AMWU and International Metalworkers Federation (IMF) at an International Conference on asbestos, convened by the Vietnam Institute for Labour Protection.
He was appointed to the Board of the Asbestos Diseases Research Institute on 27th November 2007.